Vehicle stake



W. T. MEARS.

VEHICLE STAKE- v APPUCATJON FILED MAR. 18, 1921.

1,411,576. PatentedvApr- 4, 1922.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM '1. MEARS, 0F PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

VEHICLE STAKE.

Application filed March 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, TILLIAM T. Means, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State ofVirginia, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in VehicleStakes of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and useful improvement in vehicle stakesand is do signed to provide a stake adapted for use upon wagons,automobile trucks, freight cars, barges or other freight vehicles, whereit is necessary to have removable stakes or sides mounted upon suchstakes. My improved stake is removably attached to the vehicle and whenso attached is adapted to be swung out of the way and hang below theline of the floor of said vehicle, or to be swung within the vehicle andrest upon the floor. It is of extremely simple but durable constructionand as it is comprised of a very small number of parts there is littlechance of its being rendered useless through loss or breakage of partsin opera tion.

The invention i embodied in the details of construction. illustrated inthe drawings and hereinafter fully described, but I do not consider myinvention limited to the specific embodiment herein set forth and referfor its scope to the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a vehicle to which two of mystakes are attached. V

Fig. 2 is a general perspective view of my Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofone of my stakes, indicating three positions of the stake relative tothe vehicle to which it is attached.

Fig. at is a vertical section of a portion of my stake.

In the drawings, A indicates a vehicle sill to which my improved stake Bis attached. My stake B is composed of the vertical portion B and braceB The portion B is provided with a bifurcated lower extremity formingtwo hinge. knuckles B The brace 13 is provided at its lower extremitywith a single hinge knuckle B". An auxiliary brace B may be interposedbetween the brace B and the portion 13. An outwardly flaringSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

Serial No. 453,203.

portion B i located at the upper extremity of the portion B and a braceB is placed between the portion B and the portion B. Holes B may beplaced in the portions'B and B to permit side bars to be attached to thestakes B, to connect same to form a side wall for the vehicle. Myimproved stake B is mounted upon a base plate C which is fixed by anysuitable means to the floor of the vehicle. This plate C may be boltedto the sill. A or may be made in the form of a strap crossing the floorof the vehicle, as may be desired. The plate C is provided with abifurcated end forming two hinge knuckles C and is also provided with anopening C adapted to receive therethrough a removable pin C which hasformed upon its head a single hinge knuckle C". This pin C passesbetween the side of the sill A and cross-strap A fastened thereto (Fig.3), and has a lower threaded portion C upon which a nut C may be screwedto hold the pin C in proper position. The knuckles C receivetherebetween the knuckle B being pinned by the pintle bolt C and theknuckle C is received between the knuckles B being pinned by the pintlebolt C thus forming two hinged connections, between the plate 0, theportion B and the brace B respectively.

In Fig. 3, the numeral I indicates the normal position of the stake Bwhen in place upon the vehicle both of the pintle bolts C and C being inposition in their respective hinges. By removing the pintle bolt C, itis possible to swing the stake B upon the pintle bolt C until it assumedthe position II indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. By removing thepintle bolt C, it is possible to swing the stake B upon the pintle boltC until it assumes the position III indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.Thus it is obvious that my improved stake B may be swung outboardrelative to the vehicle and hang below the line of the floor to permitloading of the vehicle, and also my stake B may be swung inboard and lieupon the floor of the vehicle when it is desired to carry the stakes inuch position. By removing both pintle bolts C and C, it is possible todetach my stake B from. the plate 0 and remove the stake from.thevehicle. VVhe-n this is done, the nut C may be removed from the pin Cand said pin withdrawn from the plate leaving only plate C uponthevehicle. V

Having described my invention, what I claim is: 1

1. In a vehicle stake, the con'ibination of a vertical portion providedwith .a hinge element; an inclined brace portion provided with ahingeelement; a base plate provided with a hinge element; and a removable pinadapted to be applied to said plate and pro vided with a hinge element,said latter elements being adapted to co-aot respectively with the hingeelements upon the said por tions. 7

2. In a vehicle stake, the combination of a base plate provided with ahingle element and an orifice; a pin adapted to be applied to saidorifice and provided with a hinge element; a vertical portion providedwith a hinge element adapted to co-act with the hinge element of saidpin; and an inclined brace portion provided with a hinge ele mentadapted to oo-aet with the hinge element of said plate.

v 3. In a vehicle stake, the combination of a base plate provided withhinge knuckles and. an orifice; a removable pin adapted to be mounted onsaid plate through said orifice and provided with a hingeknuckle; avertical portion provided with hinge knuckles ture.

WILLIAM MEARS.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signaadapted toco-act with said pinhinge, V

